--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In the youth group at the Protestant church, we recently discussed a method for reading the Bible. It is designed for reading the Bible together, but you can also adapt it slightly to use on your own. It consists of the following steps: Invite: we... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I often struggle between responding to God's call for us to exercise faith – not only in our salvation but also in our personal and wider lives - while at the same time responding to His call for us to exercise prudence. Faith is trusting... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The Lord bless you and keep you;the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you;the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24–26) And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- The laws of entropy/thermodynamics states that ‘as one goes forward in time, the degree of disorder of any isolated or closed system will always increase, or at least stay the same.’ More popularly expressed: left to itself, any closed system will deteriorate to a lower... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- As many in our church family stepped away this weekend for a time of retreat and getaway, it feels fitting for us to reflect on the gift of rest, especially in a world that constantly urges us to move faster, do more, and stay busy.... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On Ascension Day, I pause and remember that the ascension of Jesus Christ is not about absence, but about hope and purpose. Christ ascended into the presence of God, carrying our human life with Him. This reminds me that my life has dignity and meaning.... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- We spend our early lives striving to become someone, only to realise later that the thing that mattered most was already there—unseen, unmeasured, and waiting to be received. A Tiktok trend in 2023 featured women asking the men in their lives how often they thought... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “The bruised reed He will not break,and smoking flaxHe will not quench.” Matthew 12:20 Years ago I read a book whose central idea I remember, but also the whole scene the author proposed: a kind of silent gallery, an exhibition of paintings, of biblical testimonies... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On October 26, 2025, a group of 19 Buddhist monks from Hương Đạo Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas, set out on a long-distance pilgrimage, a “Walk for Peace”,  to promote peace, compassion and non-violence.  After 109 days of encounters and 2,300 miles, they... Continue Reading →

--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Just before entering Mainz Hauptbahnhof (that is Mayence for the old-timers), the train passes through a tunnel. Right before that tunnel, on the left, comes a smaller train station for local trains and S-Bahn and a view on to several somewhat unsightly sets of piles... Continue Reading →